CBI Board

CBI Board

Dan Airola is a Wildlife Biologist with strong experience in corporate management of consulting businesses. He is President of Northwest Hydraulic Consultants Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of NHC Ltd, a $30 MM Canadian firm that specializes in water resource science and engineering. He also serves as co-chair of the firm’s Board of ...

David Bental has over twenty years of start-up and small company management and investment experience. Over this period, Mr. Bental has owned, managed and invested in a number of successful business. Mr. Bental was the founding partner of APG, LLC and Diio, LLC, both of which he sold to large multi-national corporations after growing the ...

Stephen Booth has over 30 years of experience in the fields of accounting and taxation. Steve earned his BS from Boston University and his MST from the University of Hartford. He is retired from PricewaterhouseCoopers Central and Eastern Europe division (PwC CEE) where he worked in the Czech Republic, serving as Managing ...

Pamela A. Frost earned a B.S. in Environmental Science from the University of Maine, Machias in 1984 and a M.S. in Natural Resource Information Systems from Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) in 1994. While at Ohio State, she was involved in a number of Federally funded conservation GIS projects including database construction and analysis ...

Dan Hsieh is currently Chief Innovation Officer for ION Media Networks, Inc., a leading provider of television content and technology. Mr Hsieh’s role at ION is to help formulate the company’s overall strategy, to evaluate and execute strategic transactions, and to develop new business opportunities. Before joining ION, Mr. ...

David Johns earned degrees in law and political science from Columbia University. He currently teaches politics and law in the School of Government at Portland State University. David is a co-founder of The Wildlands Project and Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiatives, both NGOs that rely heavily on science in shaping conservation goals. ...

Jun Onaka is principal of the firm Onaka Planning & Economics in La Jolla, California. Jun has a Ph.D. in Urban Planning from the University of California at Los Angeles and an A.B. degree in Mathematics and Economics from Harvard University. He has over 25 years' experience in conducting planning and economic studies, including socioeconomic ...

Ed Schoaps is a senior strategic communications strategist for business, government and nonprofits. Schoaps brings a strong track record of delivering strategic communications and public engagement for complex projects and issues. He builds understanding and goodwill among internal and external stakeholders and the public to support key business ...

Ravi Sinha is currently Managing Director of Choice Solar LLC, a provider of portable renewable energy solutions. Mr. Sinha's role at Choice Solar is to forge business relationships with Tier 1 suppliers of solar solutions primarily targeted for distribution in the emerging markets such as India and Africa. Concurrent with managing Choice Solar ...

Jim Strittholt is President and Executive Director of the Conservation Biology Institute and has over 10 years experience in applying computer mapping technologies (including GIS and remote sensing) to address various ecological assessments and conservation planning projects in the U.S. and internationally. He holds undergraduate degrees in ...

Previous Board Members

Terri Nopp is the founder of Online Newsroom, a PR agency focused on helping organizations evolve their communications to meet the needs and demands of today’s public. Over the past 2 decades Terri has built a reputation for her entrepreneurial spirit and innovative communication expertise, working with start-ups to some of the ...

John Vankat earned an A.B. in biology from Carleton College and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in botany from the University of California, Davis. He taught and researched plant ecology at Miami University for 31 years, before moving to Flagstaff, Arizona, where he continued research as a special projects ecologist with Grand Canyon National Park ...

Marilyn Veek earned a B.S. in Food Technology from Oregon State University and an M.S. in Food Science from University of California, Davis. She is retired from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, where she worked in field investigations, epidemiological operations, and international programs. CBI board member since 2005.